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reboiling

verb

present participle of reboil

as in simmering

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Just add more alcohol and more reminders of these couples’ experiential chasm, and Lee’s command of irony in a simmering atmosphere is in a league all its own.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Joanne’s conversion classes mainly function as a backdrop for simmering yet undercooked tension with guest stars like Sarah Silverman as Rabbi Eden and Andrew Rannells and Keyla Monterroso Mejia as fellow students.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

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Decimated by poaching throughout the 1970s and 80s due to demand in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, wild black rhino populations had dropped by 96 percent in the mid 90s.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
The filing is the latest move in a fight that began earlier this year, when Apple sued OpenAI for allegedly poaching staff who took confidential information to OpenAI’s hardware division.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

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Gnocchi and mushrooms roast without parboiling, then get finished with creamy ricotta and lemon to cut through the richness.

— Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
However, unlike death cap mushrooms and destroying angels, many of the toxins found in Amanita muscaria are water-soluble and can be removed by parboiling them prior to cooking or by other means.

— Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025

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Shawn, his parents, and the stranger were sitting around the dining table, their bowls of rice steaming before them, when the knock came.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Exhibiting a pile of hot, steaming garbage might have been more transgressive than showing these sculptures.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of steaming

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Meanwhile, in the background, favorable sentiments about statement pieces have been stewing.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Philadelphia is fresh off a one-point loss in the final seconds and spent their entire trip back from London stewing over it — while the Panthers enjoyed a bye week.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026

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